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Sunan Abu DawudPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Sunan Abu Dawud 479

Chapter: Spitting In A Masjid Is Disliked

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 479

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَخْطُبُ يَوْمًا إِذْ رَأَى نُخَامَةً فِي قِبْلَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَتَغَيَّظَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ثُمَّ حَكَّهَا قَالَ وَأَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ فَدَعَا بِزَعْفَرَانٍ فَلَطَّخَهُ بِهِ وَقَالَ ‏"‏

إِنَّ اللَّهَ قِبَلَ وَجْهِ أَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا صَلَّى فَلاَ يَبْزُقْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ‏"

Ibn ‘Umar reported:

One day while the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)was giving sermon he suddenly saw phlegm on the wall towards the qiblah(the direction to which Muslims turn in prayer) of the mosque. So he became angry at people. He then scraped it and sent for saffron and stained with it. He then said: When any one of you prays, Allah, the Exalted, faces him: he, therefore, should not spit before him.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 479).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( بَيْنَمَا ) : قَالَ الْعَيْنِيّ يُقَال بَيْنَمَا وَبَيْنَا وَهُمَا ظَرْفَا زَمَان بِمَعْنَى الْمُفَاجَأَة. وَيُضَافَانِ إِلَى جُمْلَة مِنْ فِعْل وَفَاعِل مُبْتَدَأ وَخَبَر. وَيَحْتَاجَانِ إِلَى جَوَاب يَتِمّ بِهِ الْمَعْنَى , وَالْأَفْصَح فِي جَوَابهمَا أَنْ لَا يَكُون فِيهِ إِذْ وَإِذَا وَقَدْ جَاءَا كَثِيرًا تَقُول بَيْنَا زَيْد جَالِس دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عَمْرو وَإِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عَمْرو وَإِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ , وَبَيْنَا أَصْله بَيْن فَأُشْبِعَتْ الْفَتْحَة فَصَارَتْ أَلِفًا. قُلْتُ : قَدْ جَاءَ لَفْظ بَيْنَمَا وَبَيْنًا فِي الْحَدِيث كَثِيرًا وَمَا وَقَعَ جَوَابهمَا بِغَيْرِ إِذَا وَإِذَا ( فِي قِبْلَة الْمَسْجِد ) : أَيْ فِي جِهَة قِبْلَة الْمَسْجِد ( فَتَغَيَّظ ) : أَيْ غَضِبَ رَسُو…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 479
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Bukhari (1213) Sahih Muslim (547) The hadith No. 479
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 479

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  • التمهيد لابن عبد البر (2186)اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قِبَلَ وَجْهِ أَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا صَلَّى ، فَلا يَبْزُقْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ

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